Qatar Airways congratulates FIFA Women’s World Cup winners US

Qatar Airways, an Official Partner and Airline of FIFA, congratulated the USA for winning the FIFA Women’s World Cup France, following a month of football excitement throughout France. The final took place in Lyon, France on Sunday, with medals and individual player awards presented by Qatar Airways cabin crew.Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, HE Akbar al-Baker, said: “Women’s football is bigger than ever before, and the FIFA Women’s World Cup France is the place where the hopes and dreams of many fans and supporters come true. I would like to congratulate Team USA on their win against Team Netherlands. We now look forward with tremendous anticipation to 2022, when a FIFA World Cup will be hosted in our home country, Qatar. As the national carrier of the State of Qatar, we could not be more proud as we prepare to welcome fans to our home and host city, Doha.”In May the airline issued a new marketing campaign film supporting the competition, capturing the excitement of fans all over the world who will be watching the tournament as well as the thousands travelling to France to cheer their national team.The innovative film features a mother telling her daughter a wonderful bedtime story. It is a ?ight of imagination, in which she describes an amazing new land where women’s football reigns, where players rule and fans from many nations gather to cheer.By the ?lm’s end, we realise that mother and daughter are in fact onboard a Qatar Airways aircraft flying to the very destination she has been describing: a magical land, where the story of women’s football comes alive.On top of Qatar winning the bid for the FIFA World Cup 2022 in May 2017, the award-winning airline announced its ground-breaking sponsorship deal with FIFA, which saw it become an Official Partner and the Official Airline of FIFA until 2022. The agreement also sees Qatar Airways become the Official Airline Partner of the Club World Cup, the U-20 World Cup, U-17 World Cup, U-20 Women’s World Cup, U-17 Women’s World Cup, Beach Soccer World Cup, Futsal World Cup, eWorld Cup, and Women’s World Cup.The airline’s partnerships build on its existing sponsorship strategy for the most popular sport in the world; as evident with its commitment to clubs in its own backyard and around the world.